Deriugina school dominates Kabaeva's team at club world championship
Photo: Taisia Onofriichuk wins all-around title (Getty Images)
The Aeon Cup, the club world championship in rhythmic gymnastics, concluded in Tokyo, Japan. The winners were the Ukrainian gymnasts from the Deriugina School, according to the National Olympic Committee press service.
Triumph in Japan
The Ukrainian club took gold in the team competition with a score of 326.150. The team included Taisia Onofriichuk, Polina Karika, and Liubov Horashchenko.
Their main rivals were members of Alina Kabaeva's Russian club, "Heavenly Grace." Despite protests from Ukraine and some other delegations, the Russian team was allowed to compete under a so-called neutral status.
The fierce rivalry ended in favor of the Ukrainian gymnasts. The "neutral" team took silver, while the bronze medals went to the Burlo/Pacific team from the USA.
Deriugina School clearly defeated Kabaeva's team at the club world championship
Onofriichuk claims all-around gold
In addition to the team victory, Ukrainian gymnast Onofriichuk also won the individual all-around. The 17-year-old triumphed in the senior category.
Taisia earned the highest scores across all apparatuses, placing first in hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon. Her top score came from the hoop routine—30.7 points—while her lowest was with the clubs (29.25). In total, Onofriichuk scored 120.3 points for her performances.
In the same all-around ranking, Karika finished fifth, and Horashchenko placed fifth in the junior all-around category.
Earlier, it was reported that a Ukrainian gymnast won the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup for the first time in history.
